Socio-Religious Movement

The Prarthana Samaj was established in Bombay in the year:

a) 1889
b) 1898
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d) 1876
Option : C
• founded by Atmaram
Panduram in 1867.

Who was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?

a) Raja Rammohan Roy
b) Keshab Chandra Sen

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d) Raja Radhankant Deb

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Option : A
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• He was widely known for his role in
the abolition of the practice of Sati.
• He was given the title of ‘Raja’ by the
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Akbar II.
• 1814, he founded Atmiya Sabha in
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• Keshab Chandra Sen was the founder of Bharatvarshiya Brahmo Samaj.
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• Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha.

• Raja Radhakant Deb was the founder of British Indian Association.
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Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission in the year ______.

a) 1899
b) 1897
c) 1882
d) 1876
Option : B
• headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission is located at Belur Math in West Bengal.
• “Go back to Gita” is a famous slogan raised by Swami Vivekananda

Who founded ‘Satyashodhak Samaj’?

a) B. R. Ambedkar
b) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
c) Shri Narayan Guru
d) Jyotiba Phule
Option : D
• In 1873, Satya Shodhak Samaj was
founded in Maharashtra.
• It is also known as the Society of
Seekers of Truth
• Gopal Hari Deshmukh was famously known as Lokahitawadi.

Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha was related to who among the following leaders?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) B. R. Ambedkar
c) Tej Bhadur Sapru
d) C. R. Das

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Option : B
• In 1923, B.R Ambedkar set up the ‘BahishkritHitkarini Sabha’

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The Veda Samaj was established in _______.
a) Madras
b) Calcutta
c) Hyderabad
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d) Bombay
Option : A
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• Veda Samaj was established by the efforts of Keshab Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu
Naidu in 1864 at Madras.
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The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by

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a) C. F. Andrew
b) Raja Rammohan Roy
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c) Sir William Jones

d) William Marshall
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Option : C
• The Asiatic Society of Bengal was
founded by William Jones on 15 January 1784 at Fort William in Kolkata.
• C. F. Andrews was known as Deenabandhu.

Who founded 'Tattabhabodhini sabha'?

a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Debendranath Tagore
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Option : B

• Arya Samaj - Swami Dayanand Sarswati

• Ramakrishna mission - Swami Vivekanand
• Abhinav Bharat - V. Savarkar
• Prarthana samaj - Atma Ram Pandurang and Dadoba Pandurang
• Atmiya Sabha - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Gadar Party - Lala Hardyal and Kashiram
• Hindustan Socialist Republic Association - Ram Prasad Bismil
• Muslim League - Agha Khan &Salimullah

Who founded the Adi Brahmasamaj ?

a) Devendranath Tagore
b) Keshab Chandra Sen
c) Raja Rammohan Roy
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Option : A

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• After the splitting of Brahmosamaj, Devendranath Tagore founded Adi Brahmo Samaj in
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Who was the founder of the Shuddhi Movement?

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b) Swami Vivekananda
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c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d) Raja Rammohan Roy
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Option : A
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started by the Arya Samaj and its founder Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
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Pledge Movement was founded by

a) M. G. Ranade
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b) Raghunath Rao
c) Dadabhai Nauroji
d) 1 & 2 both
Option : D
• To inspire people to take an path to prohibit child marriage.

Which Indian social activist and politician led the Self-Respect Movement or Dravidian
Movement against Brahminism?
a) C. Rajgopalachari
b) P Theagaraya Chetty
c) C. Annadurai
d) E V Ramasamy
Option : D
• He is also known as Periyar.
• C Rajgopalachari- first and last governor general of independent India
• C N annadurai – first CM of
Tamilnadu.

Imp Facts
• Brahmo Samaj - 28 August 1828 : Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Arya Samaj - 7 April 1875 : Swami Dayanand Saraswati
• Ramakrishna Mission - 1 May 1897 : Swami Vivekananda
• Poona Sarvajanik Sabha : Bal Gangadhar Tilak and M.G. Ranade

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